31 thoughts on “Gift Cards from Office Supply Stores”

1. Jun May 19, 2014 at 9:41 am

   Can you still pay with Chase ink for office depot prepaid visa or do they still even carry visa?

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   1. Grant May 19, 2014 at 10:21 am

      You can buy fixed value gift cards only, the cards will say $200 on them. You will not be able to buy the variable load cards, the ones that say $20-$500 loads.

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2. Grado July 27, 2014 at 7:56 am

   Interestingly, our Bakersfield OM carries gc for Von’s and Albertsons grocery store but the OM in the Central coast does not. I thought it would be consistent? Thoughts?

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   1. Grant July 27, 2014 at 11:16 am

      They may have them at both locations, but they may not be on display. If you ask someone who works there, they may be able to check for you.

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3. Charlie January 22, 2015 at 11:11 pm

   Can you get all those options mentioned above from office max online?
   how can you combine multiple visa gift cards for a big purchase?

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   1. Grant January 23, 2015 at 12:22 am

      Office Max online doesn’t exist anymore now that Office Max and Office Depot merged. You can use multiple $200 Visa Gift Cards in-store to pay for a larger ticket item, but it would be possible to use multiple cards online.

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4. sandy February 11, 2015 at 4:52 pm

   Haven’t been able to find Marriott gift cards at Staples in quite a while. But saw Disney gift cards at my local Staples today, available in $50.00 denominations.

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   1. Grant February 11, 2015 at 5:29 pm

      Try another Staples or go to Office Depot/Office Max. If you do not see the gift card on the rack, ask a cashier or manager if they have any gift cards in the back or underneath the gift card display.

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5. Adam April 14, 2015 at 7:17 am

   I had heard that Visa, MC, and AMEX prepaid cards can no longer be purchased with a CC is that correct?

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   1. Grant April 14, 2015 at 7:19 am

      You can still purchase fixed value $200 Visa, MasterCard, and AMEX gift cards at office supply stores.

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   2. Bri Marie Rivera April 22, 2015 at 2:24 pm

      I experienced this personally. They said cash only for gift cards since the FEB ’15 merger.

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      1. Grant April 22, 2015 at 3:02 pm

         That might be on a store by store policy.

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6. Adam April 22, 2015 at 3:18 pm

   My experience was with a variable load card so it might still work for the fixed price cards here.

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   1. Grant April 22, 2015 at 6:04 pm

      I think fixed value ($200 VGCs) can still be bought with a credit card.

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      1. McCool Travel May 6, 2015 at 8:55 am

         At my local Office Depots, cash only for MC/VS gift cards. Crazy. I can load up on Amazon and Starbucks and others, though.

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         1. Grant May 6, 2015 at 9:18 am

            That is lame. Are all of your local office supply stores like that?

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            1. McCool Travel May 6, 2015 at 1:38 pm

               It is lame. Tried several Office Depots. Same at all. Staples maxes VS/MC gift cards at $50. Not worth it with the $6 fee. I end up buying lots of Amazon, etc., cards. If anyone knows of office stores in Northern Virginia was better success, I am ears.
            2. Adam May 6, 2015 at 1:50 pm

               @McCool Travel, I live in Stafford, Va and I’ve had success at Staples here and up in DC. Both had plenty of $200 MCGC and I believe they both stock VGC, but were out of the $200 variety.
7. ferry April 23, 2015 at 9:59 pm

   Hi Grant, i’m going to purchase an iPhone 6 plus and i’m trying to figure out the best possible way to get the most out of it. any way i can double or even triple dip it? i’m with t mobile.
   thank you

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   1. Grant April 23, 2015 at 10:12 pm

      I think if you buy your iPhone 6+ with your Chase Ink Bold/Plus, you will earn 5x on the purchase.

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      1. effe_86 May 5, 2015 at 9:18 pm

         Thanks

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8. Adam April 29, 2015 at 10:49 am

   Is there any reason not to buy fixed value GCs online from office supply stores? I’m lazy and if I can just order enough online every month to cover my mortgage I would refer doing that. I’m just not sure if that has caused issues for people in the past.

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   1. Grant April 29, 2015 at 11:03 am

      Online ordering is fine. You won’t earn any portal cash back and the deliveries usually take about a week to arrive. If those don’t matter to you, then online ordering will be fine.

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9. Adam April 29, 2015 at 11:23 am

   I’ll still get my 5x from ink so I’m ok with that I suppose. Thanks! Just booked my first awards flight yesterday so I have to replenish the coffers.

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   1. Grant April 29, 2015 at 1:11 pm

      Yes, 5x is the most important thing. Where are you headed? Congrats on booking your first award ticket.

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10. Adam April 29, 2015 at 1:52 pm

    Thanks, I’m headed to Italy for a couple weeks. I can hardly wait!

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    1. Grant April 29, 2015 at 2:18 pm

       Awesome! Have a great time in Italy :)

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11. effe_86 May 5, 2015 at 9:19 pm

    Hi Grant, i cant find amazon gift card from any of these office stores website.

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    1. Grant May 5, 2015 at 9:21 pm

       You will have to go in-store to buy Amazon GCs.

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12. John June 10, 2015 at 10:28 am

    Hi Grant, I’m looking for Best Buy gift cards. Where/how can I get them & get the 5x points?

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    1. Grant June 10, 2015 at 12:27 pm

       Get a Citi Dividend Credit Card. You can earn 5% cash back at best buy for October-December. Or check giftcardgranny for year round discounts.

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